CHRISTOPHER ABEYTA - 7 months (1986) Now 24 - Colorado Springs CO

by TomTerrific0420 Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:19 pm

Balloons floated high and songs were
sung Saturday at Quail Lake Park, to celebrate the 24th birthday of
Christopher Abeyta. He made national headlines when he was seven
months old, after he disappeared overnight from a crib in his parents'
home near the park, in July of 1986. He has not been found, and the
case remains unsolved.
Still, the Abeyta family believes Christopher is alive and will
reunite with them someday. His mother says the family suspects someone
kidnapped him for unknown reasons, and she hopes that eventually, he
will become curious about how he grew up.
"Think of the circumstances of how he was raised, what he was
told--and we'll certainly give him a DNA test any time he wants us to,"
says Bernice Abeyta. "It's not about me feeling really bad and hurt.
It's about finding Christopher. There's a cold case that has been
opened. For the first time, I'm really positive."

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Sister Denise Alves says it's the first time the family has
celebrated Christopher's birthday. About 50 relatives and friends
gathered at the park. Alves says the family still copes with a
perception that it was responsible for Christopher's disappearance.
"Yes, we didn't hear anything--and we have to live with that," Alves
admits. "But the only person that theory hurt, was Christopher,
because someone has gotten away with him."
Early in the investigation, the family blamed police detectives for
being too inexperienced to properly handle the case. Bernice Abeyta
failed a lie detector test, which she says was because of medication
she took at the time.
Sgt. Chuck Potter, one of the few members of the police force still
on duty from the disappearance, says he doesn't believe Christopher
will be found. "I remember tracing footsteps where we thought the
child may have been taken or led. Walking around that lake, through
the neighborhoods. I did a lot of that myself, and it does bring back
a lot of memories."
If you have any information about the case, call police at 444-7000. The Abeyta family also has created a website about the case.

by mom_in_il Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:32 pm

Springs baby has been missing 25 years

by Jaryd Wilson
Posted: 07.06.2011 at 11:16 AM

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A Colorado Springs boy taken from his parents' bedroom back in 1986 has now been missing for almost 25 years.

The National Center For Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) said 7-month-old Christopher Abeyta was taken from his parents' bedroom in Colorado Springs between 12:30 and 2:30 a.m. July 15, 1986.

Abeyta was born Nov. 28, 1985 and would be 25 years old today. He weighed 17 pounds and was white with blond hair and blue eyes.

Forensic artists at the center produced an age progression of Abeyta, showing what he may have looked like at age 23.

The case has been labeled a non-family abduction.

Abeyta was the youngest of seven children, according to a website set up by the family to help find him.

The website also states Abeyta's family had been receiving hang-up calls for six months prior to Abeyta's abduction. The calls stopped the day he was taken, then resumed several months later.

It was also the first night Abeyta's father Gil had spent in the house following a separation with Abeyta's mother Bernice.

Investigators said the front door was unlocked the night Abeyta disappeared so the older children could enter without a key.

According to the Facebook profile set up to find Abeyta, Emma Bradshaw of Castle Rock, Colo. is the suspect, but investigators don't have enough evidence to arrest her. According to police records, Bradshaw had been having an affair with Gil and had tried to contact him up until midnight the night Abeyta was taken. She also had a previous history of break-ins.

The Facebook page also has court records of Bradshaw breaking in to the Abeyta home and stealing family photos. She was also arrested for stalking and harassment of a married man and his family following the affair.

Visit FindChristopher on Facebook for more information.

NCMEC officials said anyone with information about Abeyta should call 1-800-THE-LOST. Calls are confidential, and callers can make tips anonymously.

http://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=637590#.T5mGW9WiYrg

CHRISTOPHER ABEYTA - 7 months (1986) Now 24 - Colorado Springs CO

CHRISTOPHER ABEYTA - 7 months (1986) Now 24 - Colorado Springs CO

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